Modern MBA

Prompter

Your script, right under your camera, moving as you speak.

We built and use it to film Modern MBA.

$2.99Download on the Mac App Store
  • No account
  • No sign-up
  • No subscriptions
A MacBook Pro running Prompter: the prompter hangs from the notch while it listens, the editor is open below it, and a camera window shows the host on camera
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Eye contact

No one can tell you’re reading.

Your script sits right under your MacBook’s camera, so every line you read looks like eye contact.

  • Keep your eyes on the lens
  • Read within 3° of the camera
  • Skip learning your lines
Prompter’s whole interface, with the prompter under the notch circled

Voice

Follows your voice.

No scroll speed to set. Pause, ad-lib or go back and it keeps your place.

  • Press Start listening and talk
  • Ad-lib freely; it waits for you
  • Click any word to jump there
  • Follow the blue progress line
  • See green bars rise as you speak
  • Bracket cues it won’t listen for
  • Start listening from the prompter
Prompter’s whole interface, with the Scroll and Countdown settings circled

Steady pace

Or set a steady pace.

No microphone needed. Pick a speed in words a minute and get a 3, 2, 1 before it starts.

  • Switch Scroll to Steady
  • Set the speed in words a minute
  • Count in from 3, 5 or 10
  • Change speed while it scrolls
  • See read times at your set speed
  • Use it if listening fails
Prompter’s whole interface, with the eye-line check circled

Eye line

Make eye contact while you read.

A live check tells you whether reading will look like eye contact, and exactly what to change if it won’t.

  • See your angle below the lens
  • Get told what to change
  • Use any camera above the screen
  • Measure the lens height in mm or inches
Prompter’s whole interface, with the Distance to you setting circled

Distance

Sized for where you sit.

Set how far you sit and the text and column resize themselves, so it reads the same from your chair.

  • Sit anywhere from 1.5 to 6 ft
  • Choose 3 to 6 lines at a time
  • Let Auto pick the width
  • Pick any connected display
  • Use screens without a notch too
Prompter’s whole interface, with the font picker circled

Fonts

Read in any font you want.

Pick one of ours or any font on your Mac. Each is sized so its capitals match.

  • Try sans, serif or monospace
  • Press Pick from your Mac to search
  • Use fonts added in Font Book
  • Preview each font in its own face
Prompter’s whole interface, with the editor in its dark look

Appearance

Light or dark.

Dark by default, or a soft cream light. The prompter stays black either way, to blend into the notch.

  • Pick Light or Dark in Settings
  • Run it from the menu bar
  • Float it over full-screen apps
  • Launch it at login
Prompter’s whole interface, with the saved scripts’ tabs circled

Privacy

No account, no cloud.

Nothing to sign up for. Speech recognition runs on your Mac, so nothing you say leaves it.

  • Process speech on your Mac
  • Skip accounts and tracking
  • Hide it from screen shares
  • Keep scripts in tabs on your Mac
  • Reopen scripts where you stopped
  • Open Word, PDF, RTF, Markdown or text
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Built & used by Modern MBA.

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Support

Email

support@modern-mba.com

Questions, bugs or ideas for the app. Tell us which Mac and which version of macOS you’re on.

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Which Macs does it work on?

It’s designed for MacBooks with a notch: MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch (2021 and later) and MacBook Air 13-inch and 15-inch (M2 and later), on macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Apple silicon and Intel.

What about Macs without a notch?

On other Macs and on external displays it floats at the top center of the screen, and you can choose which display it appears on.

Does it show up when I share my screen?

No. It’s hidden from screen sharing and screen recordings, so people on your call see only what you share. If you want it in a recording, set Hide from recordings to Off in the editor.

Does it need the internet?

No. Speech recognition runs on your Mac and the app makes no network connections. macOS may need to download its speech model once: if the app says it can’t listen, turn on Dictation in System Settings › Keyboard.

Does it work in other languages?

It listens in your Mac’s language, using the speech recognition built into macOS. If macOS can’t recognise that language, it listens in US English. A steady scroll doesn’t use speech recognition, so it works with a script in any language.

The text doesn’t move when I talk.

It starts listening once the countdown ends, so nothing you say before then moves the text; set Countdown to Off to skip it. Otherwise, check that Modern MBA Prompter is allowed to use the Microphone and Speech Recognition in System Settings › Privacy & Security, and that Dictation is on in System Settings › Keyboard. If it still can’t listen, click Use a steady speed instead in the editor.